palavers

The word “palavers” has 3 syllables: pa-la-vers

It's pronounced as /pəˈlɑːvərz/


What is synonym and antonym for palavers?

In the thesaurus, “palavers” has 126 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for palavers along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for palavers

Antonyms for palavers

  • browbeats
  • bugs
  • bulldozes
  • bullies
  • coerces
  • compels
  • constrains
  • cows
  • demands
  • forces
  • harasses
  • intimidates
  • makes
  • nags
  • obliges
  • pesters
  • requires
  • teases

Meanings of palavers

  • verb
    1. To discuss with much talk.
    2. To flatter.

Example Sentences

  • The diplomats engaged in lengthy palavers to resolve the conflict peacefully.
  • His speeches were often filled with empty palavers that failed to address real issues.
  • We sat through endless palavers during the negotiation process.
  • After several palavers, they finally reached a consensus on the new project direction.
  • The town hall meetings were dominated by political palavers rather than constructive discussions.

On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to palavers, such as: adulates, argumentations, arguments, argy-bargies, babbles, back-and-forths, backchat.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

babbles

back-and-forths

  • argumentations
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • bargains
  • barters
  • bull sessions
  • chat rooms
  • chats
  • colloquies
  • commutations
  • confabs
  • confabulations
  • conferences
  • consultancies
  • consultations
  • consults
  • conversations
  • councils
  • counsel
  • dealings
  • deals
  • debates
  • deliberations
  • dialogs
  • dialogues
  • dickers
  • discourses
  • discussions
  • disquisitions
  • exchanges
  • fora
  • forums
  • give-and-takes
  • horse trades
  • logrollings
  • meetings
  • negotiations
  • palavers
  • parleys
  • pourparlers
  • quid pro quos
  • raps
  • reciprocations
  • recompenses
  • replacements
  • requitals
  • round tables
  • roundtables
  • seminars
  • skull practices
  • skull sessions
  • substitutions
  • swaps
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • talkathons
  • talks
  • trade-offs
  • trades
  • transactions
  • trucks
  • words

cackles

cajoles

  • adulates
  • begs
  • beguiles
  • beseeches
  • blandishes
  • blarneys
  • butters up
  • charms
  • coaxes
  • cozens
  • entices
  • finagles
  • flatters
  • importunes
  • juggles
  • lures
  • massages
  • overpraises
  • palavers
  • seduces
  • soft-soaps
  • sweet-talks
  • tempts
  • urges
  • wangles
  • wheedles
  • wiles
  • woos

debates

  • absorbs
  • accounts
  • advisements
  • agitates
  • altercations
  • analyzes
  • argues
  • argumentations
  • arguments
  • argy-bargies
  • assimilates
  • back-and-forths
  • bandies
  • believes
  • bickers
  • broaches
  • bull sessions
  • canvases
  • canvasses
  • chat rooms
  • chats
  • chews on
  • chews over
  • clashes
  • cogitates
  • cogitations
  • collisions
  • colloquies
  • combats
  • conceives
  • concludes
  • confabs
  • confabulations
  • conferences
  • conflictions
  • conflicts
  • considerations
  • considers
  • consultancies
  • consultations
  • consults
  • contemplates
  • contemplations
  • contentions
  • contestations
  • controversies
  • conversations
  • councils
  • counsel
  • deliberates
  • deliberations
  • dialogs
  • dialogues
  • differences
  • difficulties
  • digests
  • disaccords
  • disagreements
  • discords
  • discourses
  • discusses
  • discussions
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • disquisitions
  • dissensions
  • dissensuses
  • dissentions
  • dissonances
  • divarications
  • divisions
  • entertains
  • explores
  • eyes
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • fights
  • firestorms
  • fora
  • forges
  • forums
  • give-and-takes
  • hammers out
  • hesitations
  • indecisions
  • introduces
  • introspections
  • kicks around
  • kickups
  • looks at
  • meditates
  • meditations
  • meetings
  • misunderstandings
  • moots
  • negotiations
  • nonconcurrences
  • opines
  • palavers
  • parleys
  • perpends
  • ponders
  • pourparlers
  • premeditations
  • propounds
  • quarrels
  • questions
  • raises
  • raps
  • reasons
  • reflections
  • reminisces
  • reviews
  • revolves
  • round tables
  • roundtables
  • ruminates
  • ruminations
  • second-guesses
  • seminars
  • set-tos
  • skull practices
  • skull sessions
  • stirs up
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • studies
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • talkathons
  • talks
  • talks out
  • talks over
  • thoughts
  • turns
  • weighs
  • words

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